Poem in the Man'yōshū (MYS IV: 686) by Ōtomo of Sakanoue, date 8th century

Source:

http://www.wakapoetry.net/mys-iv-686/

The poem:

このころは千年や行きも過ぎぬると我れやしか思ふ見まく欲りかも

Romaji transliteration (in reconstructed Old Japanese):

könö körö pa

titose ya yuki mo

suginuru tö

ware ya sika omopu

mimaku pori ka mo

English translation:

Recently

A thousand years or more

Had passed –

Or so I thought;

Perhaps because I long to see you.